Its a hot rod Derek. Would have an o.h.v. Chevvy or other "hemy" dropped in unless running in "flathead" class.
its a model of a custom hotrod... which means it will have whatever the person who custom built it wanted or could afford to put in it. for any of the cars that are built like this, there are exactly ZERO rules as to what is and is not proper. 90% of these were originally built by some highschool kid in his backyard. yes, there are people that race these at drag strips, but maybe 1% of them ever reach that level. 99% of these are used to "cruise" on a saturday night, or at best, street racing...
its also a plastic model kit, made originally in the early to mid 80's, by a company known for cutting corners when-ever possible. the description on the box really doesn't jive with reality. there are some of us here in the states that would have zero issues putting a GM engine in a Ford chassis, but there are others that are HORRIFIED when an idiot basically thinks that anything is better with a Corvette engine in it... especially a Ford, when there are many Ford engines that would fit "under the hood" of that beautiful little beast.
kpnuts...
is there any way you could post pictures with the car body sitting next to something like a ruler or (as a classic size estimating tool) next to a 12oz soda can? i understand that at 1/8 scale it is huge, but just how huge is it?